Background
Avenue studied at the Foreign Service Academy (1957) and was brought up by his mother who lives in Los Angeles, United States of America.
Consulate General Head of Household
Avenue studied at the Foreign Service Academy (1957) and was brought up by his mother who lives in Los Angeles, United States of America.
Student, Foreign Service Academy, 1957. Degree in Political Science, University Philippines, Manila.
Born in Yogyakarta to Dutch ancestors, he served in the Fourth Development Cabinet. He was active for 20 years in the field of protocol. He was the Director General of Tourism (1982) and fluent in four foreign languages.
Namely, English, Dutch, French and German.
He began his career as an author and broadcaster on the French program RRI, Jakarta (1957) before being hired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1957). Ten years later, he was in charge of the Consulate General of Indonesia in New York, United States of America (1967), Secretary I (1970) and Consular Affairs (1972).
Avenue served as the Head of Household at the Presidential Palace from 1972 until 1978. He was awarded the title of Raden Mas Kanjeng Haryo Condronegoro of Mangkunagara VIII. At the time of the Surakarta palace fire, he was one of a special group that was active in researching the cause of the blaze.
Before being appointed as Director General of Tourism (1982), he served as Director General of Protocol and Consular Affairs Department of the period (1978-1982).
In addition to serving in the bureaucracy, he also served as Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Sub-Committee on Tourism (1983-1986) and the PATA Board of Directors (1984-1986). He was also a co-editor of a number of books about Indonesia and tourism
Avenue wrote about Indonesian art and craft. Avenue died at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore on February 5, 2014, after a long illness.
He was 79.
He was cremated three days later in Nusa Dua, Bali. - Drafting program and French broadcaster RRI, Jakarta (1957) - Servant Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1957) - Consul General in New York (1967) - Secretary I (1970) - Consular (1972) - Head of the presidential palace in Jakarta (1972-1978) - Director General of Protocol and Consular Department of Foreign Affairs (1978-1982) - Director General of Tourism (1982-1988) - Minister of Tourism Development Cabinet VI (March 17, 1993 - March 14, 1998).
